It's really stupid that the app hasn't been updated yet! They knew they were doing this contest and they knew the Stream was useless without it, they should have submitted the app update weeks ago just in case.

I agree. My Stream arrived an hour ago, but I'm not going to waste my time setting it up until I can actually do something with it.

It's not the end of the world having to wait a day, but this is just so typical of Tivo marketing...

Oh well, I guess I'll have to watch tonight's football game on the TV instead of on my iPad in bed.

Maybe if enough of us complained to TiVo, they'll push Apple harder. That being said, A) I'm not sure that would matter and B) it's only one day...in the grand scheme of things...

My point was Apple has most likely already approved it. It's up to TiVo to release it. TiVo probably set a release date of tomorrow for the update. If it's going to be released today, someone from TiVo needs to log into their App Store account and change the date. When they change the date, it will be available immediately and not require any action on Apple's part.

This whole contest has to be one of the stupider promotions Tivo has ever had.

1) You win the opportunity to buy something for full price a day before everyone else.

2) Once you've "won" it, you can't even use it because the app isn't released.

3) They didn't even bother to check if the "winners" were "winners", nor did they bother to see if the Facebook requirements were met.

4) They overnight ship it to make sure it arrives before it can be used.

I agree, it doesn't matter to me. If the contest had been to receive '2-day shipping' on the 4th, I'd be just as happy as I am now. However, it's all very chuckle-worthy at how poorly it was handled.

Botching new releases is par for the course for TiVo unfortunately these days, starting with the Premiere. By most accounts the initial release of the "Mini" will also have some stupid initial requirements at launch in order to support Live TV which a lot of people don't care about, so seems to be heading for a rocky launch as well.

Botching new releases is par for the course for TiVo unfortunately these days, starting with the Premiere. By most accounts the initial release of the "Mini" will also have some stupid initial requirements at launch in order to support Live TV which a lot of people don't care about, so seems to be heading for a rocky launch as well.

I just wish they would have launched the mini and the stream at the same time. of course I'm more interested in the mini than the stream. But i can't use the stream anyway until it's available for Android deviecs.

Chatting with TiVo support now (Corina). They said that it should be in the App Store no later than tomorrow. In double checking with "upper level management" (after I pushed about how annoyed the "winners" will be), she reported back that, "The update should be out either tonight or early tomorrow."

I know it's just one day, but I was soooo looking forward to this today. Oh well. I'm an Apple fanboy, but I'll put the blame on their shoulders, EXCEPT...why couldn't TiVo have had the update out ahead of time. No harm, right? Sigh

This makes paying for overnight shipping seem somewhat of a waste of money.

The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing at TiVo.

Not to mention the fact that, let's face it, the first version of the software won't work properly when it's released anyway. Bottom line is that it's not even worth opening the box that should be waiting for me at home tonight (assuming I don't have to sign for it).

The whole intent of the silly contest was the people would "win" the opportunity to get the stream 1 day early. If they really don't release the app until the day of general availability, the silly contest becomes even more silly and pointless.

In theory, the 'winners' would still on average able to use their streams earlier than the "losers", by about half a day. A theoretical loser ordering today would on average not receive his stream until half way through the UPS delivery workday tomorrow.

What's going to be really funny is when the app fails miserably, nobody can use it, and it takes weeks/months/years for a version that works right to be released. Then again, the iPad app has a pretty good track record.

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My point was Apple has most likely already approved it. It's up to TiVo to release it. TiVo probably set a release date of tomorrow for the update. If it's going to be released today, someone from TiVo needs to log into their App Store account and change the date. When they change the date, it will be available immediately and not require any action on Apple's part.

I didn't think that's how it works from talking to other developers. That being said, if true, then everyone SHOULD complain to TiVo...make them force the update!

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If it really is entirely up to Apple then TiVo should have had the forsight to release the app weeks ago ahead of the hardware release. Trying to time it to match a launch when someone else is ultimately in control is just asking for disaster.

I think this was mostly a case of having the CSR's message under-promise the availability, just in case. It could have been in nobody's plan to get these units out for people to merely gaze at for 24 hours prior to using.

I also expect that even if both of these products were ready at the same time, TiVo would not coordinate their release so they could get more press. I would.

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